Mutilated SHARES
A stock or bond certificate on which the owner's details or other identifying information cannot be read. A mutilated security can be the result of damage, negligence, being printed incorrectly or other reasons, and must receive a guarantee of ownership from a third party to ensure there is no fraud.
This is simply a certificate that is damaged enough to be unreadable. To avoid fraud, this type of certificate cannot be transferred to the buyer unless a third party makes a legal promise that the certificate is legitimate. The guarantee of ownership comes from a transfer agent, a financial institution that maintains records of investors.
A share holder may loss share certificates, hence, denying him from valuable possession of his investments. The share holder has to get duplicate share certificate in his / her name from the company
